Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Master’s in Biomeidcal Data Science

New York, NY

2021-2019

Relevant Coursework:

Bioinformatics Capstone, Biomedical Software Engineering, Introduction to Algorithms, Machine Learning for Biomedical Data Science, Rigor & Reproducibility, UNIX/Linux Fundamentals, Scientific Programming in Python 3

Rutgers University - School of Engineering

Bachelor’s in Biomedical Engineering & Chinese (double major)

New Brunswick, NJ

2019-2014

Surgery Feedback/Biostatistics Data Analyst

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, NY

Present - March 2021

• Completed R statistical projects for surgeons including data cleaning, variable derivations, data analysis, and report writing
• Developed Python package dcurves and created site for Decision Curve Analysis (DCA)
• Trained 2 interns and 3 surgical fellows in R and Amplio infrastructure

Bioinformatics Research Intern

Sema4

Stamford, CT

February 2022 - February 2021

• Performed structural variant (SV) detection on over 100 BAM files, each exceeding 100GB, using tools such as Delly, SvABA and DRAGEN by Illumina
• Developed pipelines with Bash, Python, WDL, and AWS to automate SV detection and comparison across multiple algorithms
• Investigated repeat variants within 114 samples, leading to potential therapeutic approaches to diabetes
• Visualized data using various methods including Circos plots, stacked bar plots, heat maps, scatter plots, etc
• Consistently updated scripts and files on group GitHub repo to foster collaboration

Senior Design Project Lead

Rutgers University - Cai Lab

New Brunswick, NJ

June 2019 - September 2018

• Used RNA-seq pipeline for differential gene expression from multi-timepoint samples
• Developed algorithm to analyze time-series gene expression using Matlab/Linux through K-Means clustering
• Created MATLAB GUI to visualize time-series gene expression

Inorganic Manufacturing Associate

SPEX CertiPrep Group LLC Metuchen, NJ

Present - May 2018

• Verified chemical standard concentrations for quality assurance, manufacturing, and packaging of inorganic standard through wet-lab techniques and analyses
• Programmed Hudson automated pipettor robot for serial dilutions & inorganic standard synthesis
• Automated crucible weight retrieval, weight averaging, and gravimetric calculations using Excel
• Organized company performance data in Excel using pivot tables and charts to support team leaders’ decision-making

Research Intern

National Taiwan University - Chen Laboratory Taipei, Taiwan

August 2017

• Presented novel research ideas to explore mutagenic DNA SDP sites and investigated gene NR2B’s neurological significance in Chinese
• Conducted RNA extraction, RT-PCR, TA Cloning, In Situ Hybridization to trace Lumbrokinase expression in A. Viride

Research Assistant

Princeton University Princeton, NJ

September 2017 - May 2017

• Developed algorithms in MATLAB and Java to search mice genome to locate self-depurinating sequences in DNA
• Conducted an independent project to trace effects of self-depurination mechanism in genome sequences to determine its relevance to site-directed self-mutagenesis

Quality Control Intern

Tokyo Chemical Industry Co., Ltd Saitama, Japan

July 2016 - June

• Worked in a team to complete 5 or more QA forms/specs daily
• Trained for 160 hours in instrumentation (GC, HPLC, NMR, IR) and wet-lab techniques (Appearance, Solubility, MP, Titration, etc)